The Breakers | |
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| Location | 44 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°28′11″N 71°17′55″W / 41.46972°N 71.29861°W |
| Built | 1895 |
| Architect | Richard Morris Hunt |
| Architectural style | Neo Italian Renaissance |
| Part of | Bellevue Avenue Historic District (ID72000023) |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000019 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 10, 1971[2] |
| Designated NHL | October 12, 1994[1] |
| Designated NHLDCP | December 8, 1972 |
The Breakers is a Gilded Age mansion located at 44 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, US. It was built between 1893 and 1895 as a summer residence for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, a member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family.
The 70-room mansion, with a gross area of 138,300 square feet (12,850 m2) and 62,482 square feet (5,804.8 m2) of living area on five floors, was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the Renaissance Revival style; the interior decor was by Jules Allard and Sons and Ogden Codman Jr.
The Ochre Point Avenue entrance is marked by baroque forged wrought iron gates, and the 30-foot-high (9.1 m) walkway gates are part of a 12-foot-high (3.7 m) limestone-and-iron fence that borders the property on all but the ocean side. The footprint of the house covers approximately 1 acre (4,000 m2) or 43,000 square feet of the 14 acres (5.7 ha) estate on the cliffs overlooking Easton Bay of the Atlantic Ocean.[3]
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1994. It is also a contributing property to the Bellevue Avenue Historic District. The property is owned and operated by the Newport Preservation Society as a museum and is open for visits all year.
- ^ "Breakers, The". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on August 12, 2009. Retrieved June 28, 2008.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Newport County Tax Records". Vision Government Solutions. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2014.